Coin-wrapper.



No. 723,871. PATEN'IBD MAR.'31,- 1903;

(LA. HERE! GOINWRAPPER.

Arrn'on on FILED JULY 8, 1902.

to MODEL.

UNITED STATES- PATENT OFFIC CHRISTIAN A. HERB, OF OSBORN, OHIO.

COIN-WRAPPER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 723,871, dated March 31, 1903. Application filed July 8, 1902. Serial ITO-114,820. No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, CHRISTIAN A. HERB, a citizen of the United States, residing at Osborn, in the county of Greene and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Coin-Wrappers, of which the following is a specification.

I This invention has relation to a wrapper of novel formation for coin, the purpose being to facilitate the handling of money of the kind usually arranged in piles and wrapped to form packages of determinate value from twenty-five cents upward, according to the value of the coin thus arranged in packages. The flat wrappers generally used necessitate supporting the end coins when rolling the same prior to turning or folding the ends of the wrapper to close the package after the wrapper has been rolled about the coin.

In accordance with this invention the wrapper is formed with a cell, pocket, or. depression into which the stack or pile of coins is placed, said coins being held in an upright position for convenience of rolling the wrapper therearoundby the formation of the cell or pocket.

For a full description of the invention and the merits thereof and also to acquire a knowledge of the details of construction of the means for efiecting the result reference is to be had to the following description and drawings hereto attached.

While the essential and characteristic features of the invention are susceptible of modification, still the preferred embodiment of the invention is illustrated'in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of a coinwrapper embodying the invention. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section of the wrapper through the cell or pocket. Fig. 3 is a transverse section. Fig. 4 is a perspective view showing the wrapper having a pile or stack of coins arranged in the cell or pocket preliminary to rolling the wrapper therearound.

Corresponding and like partsare referred to in the following description and indicated in all the views of the drawings by the same reference characters.

The wrapper 1 may be of any sheet material commonly employed for the purpose aforesaid and is usually a piece of paper of determinate size, according to the denomination of the coin to be inclosed thereby and according to the value of the package. This wrapper is provided near one end with a cell, pocket, or depression 2, which may be pressed or otherwise formed therein, .the size of the cell or pocket depending upon the number and determinate value of the coins for forming the package. The cell or pocket 2 is formed near one end of the wrapper in order to admit of the short end of the wrapper being passed about the pile or stackof'coins preliminary to rolling the Wrapper therearound. The opposite end of the wrapper is gummed, as shown at 3, to be moistened for sealing the package after the wrapper has been rolled about the coins preliminary to tucking, folding, or closing the ends ofthe wrapper, so as to complete the package. An edge portion of the wrapper adjacent to the ends of the cell or pocket is crimped, puckered, or crinkled, as shown at 4, so as to take up the fullnessresulting from the formation of the cell or pocket and to prevent the spreading of the wrapper, so as to flatten or straighten out the cell or pocket.

The wrappers will be provided in different sizes, according to the size of the packages resulting from grouping like coins of the various denominations to form packages of determinate value. mation are adapted to be nested, the cell or pocket of one fitting into the cell or. pocket of the other, as will be readily comprehended, thereby enabling the wrappers to be stacked or piled, so as to occupy a minimum amount of space.

After a number of like coins have been arrangedin a pile to form a package of determinate value said pile or stack is placed in the cell or pocket ofthe wrapper, as shown in Fig. 4, and wrapped to form the package in the accustomed way. The provision of the cell or pocket facilitates the handling of the coins and reduces the labor to a minimum and obviates the annoyance and inconvenience attendant upon the use of fiat wrappers.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is-- 1. A coin-wrapper constructed from sheet The wrappers of like forvent flattening out of the Wrapper, substantially as described. 10

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

CHRISTIAN A. HERR. [L. s.] Witnesses:

W. H. H. HEBBLE, ORA BEAKLER.

material having a pocket formed therein, the end portions of the sheet material lying in the plane of the said Wrapper, substantially as described.

5 2. A coin-wrapper provided with a cell for reception of a, pile or stack of coins and having the edge portions opposite the cell fluted 0r crinkled to take up the fullness and pre- 

